Department seminars
First term, Sept - Dec 2026
The Departmental Seminar Coordinators are Colette Salemi, Tao Wang and Justin Wiltshire.
Seminars are held in BEC 363 on Fridays from 3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m., unless otherwise indicated (in bold).
| Date | Speaker | Title | Host |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Sept | Jacob Gellman (Oregon State University) | The Cost of Hurricane Evacuations | Justin Wiltshire |
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21 Sept *Monday |
Wendy Rappeport | Practical applications of economics relating to forced displacement | Colette Salemi |
| 02 Oct |
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TBD | Justin Wiltshire |
| 09 Oct |
Ella Patelli (UBC) |
TBD | Ke Xu |
| 16 Oct | Jeffrey Racine (McMaster) | TBD | Tao Wang |
| 23 Oct | Jess Rudder (Oregon State University) | TBD | Justin Wiltshire |
| 30 Oct | Gabrielle Vasey (Concordia University) | TBD | |
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06 Nov |
Shu Shen (UC Davis) | TBD | Tao Wang |
| 13 Nov | Reading Break
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| 20 Nov | Farouk Abdul-Salam | TBD | Alok Kumar |
| 27 Nov | Nathaniel Hope-Tucker (Predoctoral researcher at UBC) | TBD | Colette Salemi |
| 04 Dec | Fabio Moneta | TBD | Ke Xu |
Second term, Jan - Apr 2027
The Departmental Seminar Coordinators are Colette Salemi, Tao Wang and Justin Wiltshire.
Seminars are held in BEC 363 on Fridays from 3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m., unless otherwise indicated (in bold).
| Date | Speaker | Title | Host |
|---|---|---|---|
|
19 Feb
|
Travis Campbell (Southern Oregon University) | TBD | Donn Feir |
|
26 Feb |
Stephen Tino (Toronto Metropolitan University) | TBD | Justin Wiltshire |
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05 Mar |
Serena Canaan (Simon Fraser University) | TBD | Elisabeth Gugl |
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12 Mar
|
Elizabeth Dhuey (University of Toronto) | TBD | Janet Burlacu |
| 19 Mar | Terri Kneeland (University of Calgary) | TBD | Donn Feir |
| 26 Mar | Gary Hoover (Tulane University) | TBD | Donn Feir |
| 02 Apr | Maggie Jones (McGill University) | TBD | Donn Feir |
| 09 Apr | Jeff Bloem (IFPRI) | TBD | Colette Salemi |